Teaching with Fibromyalgia
I have mixed feelings about writing this post. Part of me wants to hide behind "everything is fine." Teaching is not an easy job but it is an extremely rewarding job. I love teaching but last year was a rough year. I've had some health issues. The best thing that happened to me was becoming a mommy. It was rough returning to work leaving my beautiful baby to teach other sweet babies. It has changed my perspective dramatically. I knew i would be more tired this year. With the new baby, there was less sleep and more activity. I was especially drained because I had shooting pains in my abdomen. My doctor said it was an umbilical hernia from the pregnancy and to wait a few months. The pain will lessen. It did not and it was so excruciating, I had to go to the ER after school one day. Tests were taken and I needed to have surgery. With this surgery, I could not lift my daughter for a whole month. I missed a...